From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 12 19:26:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE98114C83 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:25:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 20911 invoked by alias); 13 Mar 1999 03:25:37 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 20895 invoked by uid 0); 13 Mar 1999 03:25:37 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 13 Mar 1999 03:25:37 -0000 Message-ID: <36E9DAB0.94B62DE8@uswest.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:25:36 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: root@isis.dynip.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Safety measure [Was: Re: Ports?] References: <199903122126.AAA86909@isis.dynip.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Note: This is extremely valuable information to anyone running their own unix box. It may save your life one day.] I'm not sure if root@isis.dynip.com really is the superuser account, but it's not a good idea to use the root account unless you have to. Root can delete every single file on your system with a single command and do it before you even know it. I recommend creating a normal user account for yourself and use that most of the time, using root only when the task at hand requires the superuser privileges. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message